I kept looking around the boxes for good stuff to talk about, and kept landing on Vance Worley. So I left that line in for us to check out. Aside from that, Lakewood pitchers shut down the Delmarva Shorebirds – Miguel Nunez allowed 1 R on 1H and 2BB in 6 IP and Jordan Guth got the three inning save. Also in that game, Roman Quinn had a triple and 3Ks. Fun.
Here’s the affiliate Scoreboard from MiLB.
http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?sid=milb&org=143&ymd=20130527

DSL starts on Saturday. June 6 is the first day of the draft. Cam Perkins is keeping things interesting. The weather is warming, the no-see-’ems are swarming, The beer is cold and the dogs are hot. Pass the spicy mustard and let’s get the baseball going.
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Happy for Vance, I doubt he’ll ever be an above average starting pitcher in the big leagues, but he should have a better career than what he demonstrated this year so far in the majors. Hope he turns it around. I really need to vent about the Phillies so I’m hoping that General Discussion thread pops up real soon…..
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The best thing about yesterday, is that Cloyd performed so bad, that they won’t get fooled into sending him out there anymore.
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Great, looking forward to the Carlos Zambrano era. (Anybody heard anything on Adam Morgan?)
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i think he’s on the seven-day DL.
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Tocci with a .256/.299/.311 line in May. The SLG is not going to scare anybody, but he is trending upward for a 17-year-old in the SAL. Also, his K rate is down significantly from last year (12.7 from 16.8) while his BB rate is virtually the same (5.5/5.6). Obviously there are many improvements that need to take place (much higher BB rate, more power), but he’s been impressive given the circumstances.
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Tocci with a double and a single is now batting above .225. Given his age, he is holding his own nicely in SAL and deserves to finish the season there.
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Tocci’s line doesn’t look that great, but when compared to Maikel Franco at age 17, in the GCL, it puts Tocci’s line in the SAL in perspective.
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For a fast CF, Tocci surely isnt stealing much, and he is usually on first when he gets on base…
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Cesar Hernandez and Zach Collier each walked twice. So, there’s that.
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Any news on when Chad Carman is going to return from the broken finger?
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I think he’s getting the pins out this week. So a little while, still.
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Let’s not minimize what Nunez is doing. At one time, he was a big time signing for us. Maybe it just took 2 years to get healthy and figure things out. He’s flying up our prospect ranking board.
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It’s hard to get excited about a guy striking out 4 batters per 9 in Lakewood. Even if he did miss a lot of time.
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What does Robles throw if anyone knows? I get that he is 24 in AA but his k/9 is 13.1 and that doesn’t come around very often combined with a 1.13 WHIP.
So is it smoke and mirror5s or does he have real stuff?
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I’ve seen him pitch, and he has real stuff. He throws about as hard as Bastardo. He’s a legitimate prospect.
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I don’t know about right now, but he was a big time prospect with the Mariners and at one point was running it up to 95, he lost it at some point and was only touching 91. He has flashed a plus changeup before as well as an inconsistent curveball. But I don’t have anything first hand right now
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Well for those of us frustrated with Tony and Horst he looks enticing to me right now. I thought I heard 95 on the FB when we got him so I’ve been paying attention to his numbers.
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I saw him pitch. He still had the FB velocity and still lacked the FB control. He is not ready for prime time. Less stuff and less control than Aumont.
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So what’s the deal with Ruf? Obviously he’s hurt, but does anyone know the details?
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Hand injury, supposedly not serious.
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he’s in the lineup tonight.
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Mecias pitched up a storm tonight and over his last handful of starts has really put together some impressive stuff. That’s a nice development
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I will post this again on tomorrow box score because his numbers are starting to look dominant at that level.
Over past 6 starts:
ERA 1.53
WHIP 1.19
k/9 11.3
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